Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
Square Enix recently announced a delay for Dragon Quest X Offline in Japan, the single-player RPG that is set to retell the story of the equivalent MMORPG’s first saga. The company is still happy to advertise the game, though, and this latest deluge of information, translated by Gematsu, covers new…
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is approaching fast, and Trainers are ready to turn back the clock and explore Hisui on an all-new kind of adventure! Along the way will be familiar Pokémon made new again thanks to different regional forms. With the added idea of this having been the Sinnoh region…
Can you believe it? It’s been over seven years since amiibo first launched in North America, and the good folks at Nintendo keep pumping out figures at a steady pace. While 2021 didn’t see as many Smash amiibo as I would have liked, we still got 14 brand-new figures and…
Christmas may have come and gone but there’s still plenty of winter left to go. Atlus is naturally taking advantage of the season with its festive mascot, Jack Frost, and this latest piece of merchandise is leaning all the way in. These new Jack Frost slippers, specifically based on his…
Chocobo GP is a cutesy, cartoonish-styled kart racer, so it only makes sense that they would pull characters from the most cartoonishly styled Final Fantasy game, as Black Mage Vivi and Knight Steiner (already confirmed to be in the game) have gotten a character trailer — and voices! …
If you, like me, would take bullets for the Shinx line of Pokémon, then the merch gods have something in store for you: a new line of goods titled “My Rentorar’s Story” (Rentorar is the Japanese name for Luxray), combining wholesome storytelling, electric blues and blacks, and… FILA sportswear? The…
It’s time to blast Bump of Chicken’s Karma and shout “REPLICAAAAAAA” at the top of your lungs — to commemorate the first anniversary of the Tales YouTube channel, Bandai Namco is uploading one episode of the 2008 Tales of the Abyss anime per week, with the first one (complete with…
Development for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate concluded this year, a landmark achievement in video games, crossover and hype generation — but people are (somehow) already speculating about what’s next. Beloved Director Masahiro Sakurai doesn’t seem to have any particular idea at the moment, not committing to no more Smash games…
An all-new Pokémon adventure is here in Pokémon Legends: Arceus! Survey, catch, and research wild Pokémon in Hisui, the Sinnoh of long ago, to complete the region’s first Pokédex. Need help with your journey through Hisui? Check out our guides and walkthroughs below!
The new year is nearly here, which makes it the perfect time to look back on 2021 and think about which memorable Nintendo moments stood out the most. Let’s take a few minutes and think back through the last 12 months… The world has surely changed in just about every…
GameWorks, the chain known for its entertainment center venues featuring arcades and restaurants, announced last week that it has closed the doors of its remaining locations. Like many establishments over the course of the last year and a half, GameWorks was hit hard by the pandemic, citing that financial difficulties…
Sometimes announcements are straight-up weird. Remember when Nintendo spent a huge part of one E3 on Wii Music? Things this year didn’t get quite up to that level of strange, but there was a large number of curiosities — remember Square Enix announcing Project Triangle Strategy, only to drop the…
